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08:45 17 Jun 2022

Ukrainian aviation strikes at russian troops in southern Kherson region

Ukrainian aircraft strikes enemy clusters in the Kherson, Kakhovka, and Beryslav districts of the Kherson region

This is stated in the latest report of the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces on Facebook.

In the Volyn and Polissia areas, the significant efforts of the Belarusian armed forces are focused on surveillance, engineering equipment of positions, and protection of the state border. The threat of missile and air strikes remains.

In the Siveria direction, the enemy continues to conduct demonstrations. The aggressor fired artillery at units of the Defense Forces in the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy's primary efforts are focused on maintaining the occupied borders, preventing the Defense Forces from entering the state border, and the rear of a group of troops operating in the Sloviansk direction. The enemy tried to conduct surveillance by fighting in the area of ​​the settlement of Kochubiivka. Our soldiers responded with accurate fire, and the enemy retreated.

In the Sloviansk direction, the occupiers are concentrating their primary efforts on continuing the offensive on Sloviansk. They are conducting surveillance in the ​​Krasnopillia area, and the battle continues. Ukrainian soldiers successfully repulsed the assault. The enemy tried to take complete control of the village of Bohorodichne.

Trying to create conditions for the development of the offensive on the city of Sloviansk, the enemy uses artillery in Dolyna, Krasnopillia, Dibrivne, and Vernopillia.

The enemy did not take active action in the Lyman direction.

In the Sievierodonetsk direction, the occupiers continue to fire from artillery and MRLS on units of our troops and inflict an air strike on the settlement of Ustynivka. Fighting continues for complete control of the city of Sievierodonetsk. The enemy moves in the direction of additional units of multiple-rocket artillery.

In the Bakhmut direction, Ukraine's defenders repulsed an enemy assault in the direction of the settlement of Zolote. The occupiers tried to advance in the direction of Vasylivka and Berestove. Our soldiers fired and forced the enemy to flee. The enemy retreated.

The General Staff recorded no active offensive actions of the enemy in the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavlivka, and Zaporizhzhia areas. The enemy launched air strikes near Niu York, Avdiivka, and Pobieda.

In the Pivdennyi Buh direction, the enemy used barrel artillery and multiple-rocket launching systems in areas of settlements Kulbakino, Mykolaivka, Stepova Dolyna, Murakhivka, Novopavlivske, Shevchenkove, Zoria, Partisanske, Kvitneve, Novohryhorivka, Kyselivka, Kniazivka, Osokorivka, Lupareve and Posad-Pokrovske. Ukrainian aircraft struck at enemy clusters in the Kherson, Kakhovka, and Beryslav districts of the Kherson region.

The aggressor continues to block civilian shipping in the northwestern Black Sea. Its waters house two carriers of the Kalibr cruise missiles naval base.

The enemy continues to suffer losses in personnel, weapons, and equipment. During the day, in the Donetsk region, soldiers of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Mi-35M helicopter. There are successes in Zaporizhzhia as well. In the Kherson region, the enemy has significant losses in manpower.

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